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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Algernon doing when Charlie finds him at the end of the conference for the International Psychological Association?

2. What was Charlie's father's occupation?

3. How does Fanny Biden think Charlie has become so smart all of the sudden?

4. What does Charlie do to calm himself when he wakes up after his nightmare about Alice on the night after he tellls her he likes her?

5. What does Charlie realize about his childhood while he is at the party with Ellen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What area of expertise does Charlie showcase before the conference in Chicago begins?

2. What does Charlie say about the failure of this experiment done on him?

3. Why is Charlie fired from his job at the bakery?

4. What flash-back memory does Charlie have on his plane ride to Chicago?

5. What does Professor Nemur say at the conference in Chicago that upsets Charlie?

6. What does Charlie say that intelligence without affection will lead to when he is at the cocktail party with Nemur?

7. Why is Alice so hesitant to be in a relationship with Charlie even though she cares for him?

8. What prank do the guys at the bakery try to play on Charlie on April Fool's Day?

9. Why is Charlie unable to be physically intimate with Alice?

10. What did Charlie want to have happen as he ran away from the angry mob in the park after a woman came on to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leadership is a very prominent theme in this book. Who are some of the main leaders in this book, and what makes them the true leaders? Is there more than one protagonist?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times in a number of forms by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book? What are the differences in the forms fear took in this book?

Essay Topic 3

Competition and fair-play is a major theme that is found in many different scenes of this book. What are some of those scenes, and what affect do they have on the course of the plot?

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